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"Come On Eileen" is a song by the English group Dexys Midnight Runners (credited to Dexys Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express), released in the United Kingdom in June 1982 [4] as a single from their second studio album Too-Rye-Ay. It reached number one in the United States and was their second number one hit in the UK, following 1980's "Geno".
Siobhan Maire Fahey [5] was born on 10 September 1958 [6] in County Meath, Ireland. [1] She has two younger sisters, Maire (who played Eileen in the video of the 1982 song "Come On Eileen", a hit for Dexys Midnight Runners) and Niamh, a producer and editor. [citation needed] Her parents, Helen and Joseph Fahey, both came from County Tipperary ...
Dexys played more live dates in 2014; however, as Hyland was not available for several shows during the summer, Siobhan Fahey replaced her in the Dexys lineup. [41] (Fahey's sister, actress Máire Fahey, had portrayed "Eileen" in the music video and picture sleeve for "Come On Eileen" in 1982.) [42]
Few pop songs evoke such an overwhelming, immediate rush of pure joy more than Dexys Midnight Runners’ No. 1 hit “Come On Eileen.” In the world of 1982 pop radio, there was simply nothing ...
Dexys Midnight Runners' Kevin Rowland on the 'Catholic guilt' behind 'Come On Eileen' and embracing his 'Feminine' side: 'I had so much hate in me' Lyndsey Parker. July 27, 2023 at 2:16 PM.
The album's "Come On Eileen" became a number one hit in both the UK and the US.Dexys Midnight Runners are best known as a one-hit wonder in the US ("Come On Eileen" was also the first US single release by Dexys), but in the UK, "Geno" had previously reached number one, and "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" and "The Celtic Soul Brothers" were also UK hits.
Inspired by the Dexys Midnight Runners hit song, a British man has created his own ode to the global pandemic, titled "Come on COVID-19." Man creates coronavirus song to the tune of 'Come On ...
Kevin Rowland (born 17 August 1953) is a British singer and musician best known as the frontman for the pop band Dexys Midnight Runners (currently called Dexys). [1] The band had several hits in the early 1980s, the most notable being "Geno" and "Come On Eileen", both of which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart.